Mr. Fenner lost a bunch of weight and his entire buttocks in the process, so that most jeans suitable for grown men looking like he was wearing diapers. I marched him into Nordstrom (100 miles from where we live, but worht the drive) where he was helped into the perfect, if expensive, jeans for him. We invested in…

The average American woman wears a size 12/14, is 5'3" and weighs 140 lbs. With any kind of standard distribution, sizes up to say 20 ought to be readily available. I am 5'10" and hover at the 14/16 mark. I find it much easier to find pants long enough to wear with flats in a mall than pants that fit my hips. It ought…

Lifehacker had a nice tutorial many months ago. Also You Tube....

Rayon and viscose and modal are all cellulose-based fibers. Polyester is a spun plastic, more like nylon.

There's a lot of color in the print, and the piping around the neckline could help, too. You can wear any color if you are willing to fuss with a lot of makeup—a colorful lip and blush would counteract pastiness.....

From a Sandlapper—-Word!

We used in in the King Day March on the Dome in Columbia, SC in 2000 to get the Confederate Flag taken off the State House. I grew up here, but I am white. The black "movement" people around me knew it right away.

They get too hot; they don't often have flat bottoms; they scratch—enamel might help with that....

I'm confused. Wouldn't the heaviest 5% of kids be in the 95th percentile, and the heaviest 17% be in the 83rd percentile?

Well, nickel is a common alloy for white gold, too, so it would be found in fine jewelry as well. It can also be an alloy for silver....

Many states have video-recorded roadside sobriety tests—variations on walking a straight line and counting backwards by sevens, say. These are very persuasive to jurors and judges.

I just don't "get" Gwyneth Paltrow. I always liked her mother, but besides being blonde and thin, why GOOP?

FWIW, impugning the chastity of a woman is grounds for "slander per se." She wouldn't have to show actual damages. This, of course, simply is more evidence for your thesis: historically, being a slut is so bad that simply being called one is grounds for a lawsuit.

I love the Lane Bryant Right Fit—they have three silhouettes and talls!!

They recorded all the vocal tracks—all the backing harmonies—which gives it that lushness...but man, that's some horrible hair! People with wavy hair really shouldn't do bangs....

Vodka sprayed in a room or on textiles will clear bad odors and leave no scent or spot at all when it dries. You can dilute it up to 1/8 with water to save money.

Sharon Tate was killed in 1969, so I think the look is more late 1960s?

It isn't stupid. They found that people who are dog lovers can't stand those horribly sad commercials, so they were turning off the show. I don't think they'd have a different opinion if it were sad pictures of puppy mill purebreds, and they would allow happy pictures of shelter mutts.

Self-insurance is where an employer just pays claims itself instead of buying insurance. There may be an insurance company administering the claims, but the employer is on the hook for the payouts. This makes sense where a company can reasonably afford to pay the claims—cuts out the middleman's cut taken by insurance…

She was the mom in the British version of Life on Mars.